The Sun. — London, England, 1826-05-02 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. laAILY EXTRACTS FROM' THE MORNING PAPERS; MAY 2, 1826. . . ppt TIMES.) _:. The Public Mg look with great interest, .this day, 1041} those official proceedings whichindicate the slate of the country more clearly than even a feithful liurrntion ofthe facts or occurrences which have giVen occasion to the official proceedings. Ministers tastrught wave notice in both Houses of Parliament, that—to meet the present occasion, as they would have it un derstood—they will allow the foreign wheat now ware limed underbond, to go forth into the market, on paying a duty of 12 shillings ; requiring also to be empowered to admit foreign wheat into the coun try in case the future harvest should fail. This is the first indication of • fear, or of feeling, on , , account of the distr e s se s which nave ariven the manufacturers : into their present unhappy state of riot. For: our own parts, we will frankly confess, tliat as a temporary measure, which is all that Mini sters dare avow that they contemplate at the . present lament, we do not augur much good from it. The warehoused grain will of course first come into play. Now, we are not certain when this may have been imported ; but if we l oo k t o a ll th e d ec l ara ti ons o f Ministers, that' they would as yet admit of no relaxa- : lion of th e p ro hibi tion aga i nst i mport i ng gra i n —nay, if we look t o th e very di v i s i on on M r . Whi tmore 'a motion about a fortnight ago, when it was decided that the state of the Corn Laws should not be taken into consideration this Session, we are sure that merchants have had no great inducement to im port wheat recently upon the expectation that . ,it 'Would soon be called f or . There is every reason; therefore, to believe that the warehoused grain is old . trash, and co nsequent l y comparat i ve l y unserviceable ; for that which Providence supplies for the use of man every year, will not admit of long hoarding without injury and diminution. Awl this argument will apply also,to the corn Whith might otherwise have been ex pected from abroad. Sowing time is now past, and the foreign grower has had no temptation to p rov id e far the English market. Whatever grain, therefore, he may have upon hand, must be the remains of those years when he had not yet learned, from experience, to believe in the infatuation of our counsels, bywhich the bounty of nature would he rejected from our shores. A much less imp os t, th ere f ore , would have been sulll - at present, if it were even to be doubled here after, when the foreign agriculturist had begun topro vide for the English market. But what would 'this admission of foreign grain effect, even if it were acted upon to a great extent ? lt would not take away the pressure, it would only alter its position—it would re- Move the load from the shoulders to the haunches of the oppressed animal ; for, without the diminution of the expences of Goitrnment, all attempts at general rOlief are absurd. The agricultural gentry were up in arms last night, at the proposition of admitting foreign pain into use ;end undoubtedly such an admission, - to whatever degree it shall take place, will, in proportion, sink the value oftheir Commodity, and reduce their in comes. But of those agricultUralgen tlemen we must say, that if they had licreto`fOre shownhalfas much energy in the defence of the country at large against the profusion 41V1inisters, as' th e y now di sp l ay i n support of their own separate interests, they would never have been minced to this last shift of having tofight for their property, with every honest and and impartial man in the country against them. But further—and we call the. attention of the nation to this point—ls there it/thing ominous in this sudden change of counsels an ' the part Of Ministers ? Have they ever ffis elaimed all idea of touching the public funds with more apparent abhor rence, . than they disavowed b u t it fortnight ago an intention of meddling with the corn Laws at least for a year ? Yet the distress of the maritiflTturing interest has forced them to alter their resolution with respect to the introduction Of. tereihrn grain. . To what may not the distress of - the. agricultural interest, now supposed to be fast ap proaching, drive them with respect to the national creditor ? They resemble the monkey .chosen to divide the apple between the two contending parties. " Oh, this which should be half is trio large ; I will therefore bite a piece off it ; Now that side which was the least is become the larger ; 'I must therefore visit it with my grinders." They never will be equal whilst the arbitrator has any thingleft to feed upon. And so it ia, and will be, with the monicd'and landed interests, and illlniateis for umpire ; unless--;-which we can hardly hOpe . to see—Loth shall unite and insist that the government shell be carried on at a less extrava , pit rata. This day there is to be a - meetin4 at the Mansion-houSe, -tin the subject of the manufacturing distress A i most important -.assembly it will be ; many Peers, raid some of the Ministers are expected Fiea ,attend. We shall have :much to say upon aal these ,iteattera to-moil ow. There is no itnportant change, in the Money Market, as. will appear by our City afticle. [MORNING HERALD.] The buildings which have been for same time going on contiguous to the.'freasury, at the corner of Down ,Zing -street, now begin to develo`po themselves ; and ing of them by the standard of common sense, we ' ' id well ask any passer by to say, whether they do not outrage every p, mcinl e which that st.indarcl can be sup rnsed to govern ? Who the architect or designer has br6n we neither know nor care ; but as buildings drected at the public expence, for public purposes, we sumo that they arc fair subjects of public criticism. eretaing that privilege, therefOre, we have no, hesita ' in pronouncing them a heavy mass of absurdity, Id n ifk vibich ti6thing is distinguishable but a total absence Masse and utility,. at least as far as external appear *ices are concenied--for what the interior may be we hive of eimrse yet to learn. The• first recommends- OM of any building, we Conceive to be its adaptation to the purposes for which it is designed ; and in a dountry so far removed from the equator as this, of defuse light should be one of the first objects atiendeil iti ; yet in this building we see trumpery garret win dows inserted into massive stone walls, an lest these should not be dark enough, a kind of projecting gal- Ibri is intrtxluced over theni, to intercept 'half its little light they would otherwbie admit. The' new Oitilding for the King's library is much in the same" rote, had here the architect seems to have considered that " a dim religious light" was all that th e we ak est eyes required for the purposes of study. Let any one e6mptire the windows we have first noticed with thotte ot i the dpritie side of the way in th e c h ape l o f White hAll, and 0 will be immediately struck with the ab. sarditY a the artist who could design any thing so mate, and the precious incapacity of the Committee of Hoard of Taste that could sanction it Really, it ii i mort if y i ng , in time extreme, when so much money is devoted to public works, to see it so ill appropriateci ~i 1, eb,, rtir Architects fit to be intrusted w i th such matters, let us cTose the public purse-strings till we haVe ; or, if there• is some counteracting principle, miscalled taste, which confines add mars the efforts of genius, let those who have the power consign its pos sessors to those realms of dulness and of darkness from which it never should have emerged. Perhaps there is no greater or more . obvious evil existing in the country than the inequality of Church preferment.. There are few men mixing in the world who do not themselves know instances of indolent, useless persons of that profession, enjoying thousands a year, and laborious and exemplary parish Priests, who have scarcely: the means: of providing a decent maintenance. Yet no man has been found absurd enough to attribute this to the Archbishop of Can terbury. In fact, nothing can be more preposterous than to attribute to the head of any profession exclu sively the errors of the system over which it may be his lot to preside. But when party feelings can be gratified, the means are generally overlooked ; and in the case of the • Lord Chancellor we have a striking instance of that kind of party virulence which would attribute to an individual all the faults which are, in fact, the accumulation of ages, and which have grown up and, existed long before he `was in any way con nected with them.. No one can deny that the Court of Chancery has in its practice become a source of great expence, vexation, and delay, amounting, in too many instances, to an absolute denial of justice ; but it is no less a denial of justice to say that an indi vidual, who in his, own person presents the most striking instance of learning, patience, and labour, that has ever presided in any Court, is the cause of that which he is, at the worst, himself .only the un willing instrument. The Archbishop of Canterbury probably sees as forcibly as any man the mischief which results from the gross inequality in the distribution of our Ecclesiastical Revenues; and would, probably, if the truth could be known, hail a reform in that respect as warmly as any man. But he knows, and so do the public in . general, that there are vested interests, and political interests, over which he has no manner of control'', and that to lay to his door the errors of the system can only be done by those who are really ig norant or wilfully blind to the actual state of things. So it is in a great degree with the Lord Chancellor. He presides over a system which litigant and worthless suitors, which hungry barristers and solicitors, abuse to their own advantage ; and because they so abuse it,, the whole blame is laid to the door of the Judge, who is himself, in no small degree, the victim of the system of which he is „unjustly made the cause. No man can spend an hour in the Chancellor's Court, and not witness, on the one hand, his anxiety to do right, and the way in which that wish, is thwarted by the liberal wigs and : gowns, and the still more liberal solicitors who,profit by their own avarice and inattention. That the system of this Court, which has becothe a scourge to the community; ought and must be reformed, we do not for a moment deny ; but we do deny4bat there is anv thing like ,justice in the vituperation which is heaped upon the Lord Chancellor, who at the close' of a long professional life, is entitled to receive rather the gratitude than the condemnation of his country. Where, we would ask, is there to be found the man fit to succeed him ? The course of nature, or, the love of case and retirement, may call for a new Chancellor —and party feeling may thus be gratified but when the vacancy has' been made, where, we would ask, is it to be supplied from ? We have never vet found any professional man wh o c ou ld te ll us. Had Sir Samuel Roinilly lived, he was the man who combined all the requisites of a great Judge ; but neither his mantle, nor that of Lord Eldon, seems likely to devolve upon any present Member of the Chancery Bar,—(/bid.) [THE REPRESENTATIVE.] _ . _ We had been led to imagine, that the way in which ,he attack made, about a fortnight ago, on the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, had been received by the House, would have prevented a recurrerree of it, at least during the present Session. But we find that we miscalculated the effrontery of the party who made it. To-night it will be renewed in a shape somewhat modified,. though in substance the same. We have already expressed very fully our opinion of the prin ciple involved in this discussion. Westminster Abbey never was a parish church ; it was founded in very early times as an establishment for a community of monks. 'By the 27th H e n r y VIII., t hi s A bb ey, like Woburn, Newstead, and' other Similar institutions, was dissolved, and became absolutely v es t e d i n t h e Crown ; under the auth or ity of this Act, Henry VIII. or his successors, might have conferred it upon a lay men, as a private inheritance. The Dean and Chap ter hold the Abbey, and the monuments which it con tained at the time of the grant, by letters patent from the Crown. These letters patent are similar in sub st;ince and effect to those under which the private Owners of what was once monastic property hold their estates, The Dean and Chapter are not, therefore, either morally ur legally, more liable to be called upon by Parliament to produce their title than the present lay possessor of land which was formerly attached to monastic establishments. The same principle which would justify Parliament in calling upon the Dean and Chapter to produce their title-deeds would justify Parliament in requiring the Duke of Bedford or Col: Viildinan to show the title by which Woburn or New: stead Abbey is held. We admit that the Dein and Chapter hold the Abbey under the trusts and restric tions contained in the charter. by which it was con ferrea upon them. If it can be sliewn that they 'withhold rights or privilege's to which the public are entitled, the Courts of, Law are open to the ag grieved, who may, through this constitutional chan eel, obtain every redress. If, for instance, they exact from the visitors of the Abbey more than they have a right to demand, or if they exclude the public from a place which. they are entitled to enter, let the question be set at rest by a legal adjudication before the authorized tribunals of the Country:— The clamour raised against the Dean and Chapter, on account of charges which are now made for. ad mission into the Abbey, appears to us in the highest degree illiberal. It is alleged, that until the . late Coronation the naie, and that part of the - Abbey denominated the " Poets' Corner,' were open to the inspection of the public, free of all charge. We have inquired into the t r ut h o f t hi s assert i on , and find that, in point 'of fact, the publiC were freely admitted to these parts of the' Abbey up to the' time here men tioned ; b u t we find, also, that this unre s tricted ad mission of the' laUblic had brought about a complete deseeratiOn of these parts, constituting as they do more than o ne -h a lf of that venerable gild beautiful The trade men ofthe neighboiirlibOd, of all grades and t r i e iti P il a g ii i ° lf i a iB 4 ' , l I t a n d r e ou l g 6 ll theythe Abbey a common daily carried their trays and:baskets';' and Sir .Jolin Wrottesley, whose' memory IS so 'scriipulously minute and riCcurafe'on this su!)l9ct, must, we Should think, remember that the nionumenta were inokeit - arid' defaced,' and that the pavement rind *ells' *ire in a Verk dlfiiinsive state; The condition into part of the Abbey, in conse quince, had fallen, excited loud complaints against the Dean and Chapter.. They have remedied what every man not destitute of every spark of feeling, as well as taste, considered a crying evil : the Church has been thoroughly - cleaned, the monuments have been - repaired, and, in order to prevent the recurrence of the evils which had been so loudly, and, as we think, so justly complained of formerly, they have closed the doors against the public, except upon the payment of an a d mission fee. This fee forms, we apprehend, the ground of the charges which are now made against the. Dean and Chapter : it is not, we suppose, meant to contend that they were wrong in cleaning the church and monuments, but that they are wrong in exacting a fee for permission to view these monuments: Now - what is the amount of the fee, about which so much of the time of Parlia ment has been consumed ? - Why, it amounts to the enormous sum of threepence. For threepence any man may see more than one-half the interior of Westminster Abbey, and probably more than half . the monuments which it contains. When ever Sir John Wrottesley feels inclined to nourish his melancholy, and muse over the perishable memo rials of human fame, he has only to put his hand in his pocket and pay ;threepence ; he may then take his fill of contemplation among the tombs. We are really surprised that the taste of the worthy Baronet has not saved him from meddling with a subject so pitiful ; from making common cause with a faction whiCh never lets slip an opportunity of attacking the ecclesiastical institutions of this country. His inven tion must be excessively b arren if h e cannot d i scover a better subject on which he may indulge his innocent love of speech-making. Of the ancient right of ap pointing persons to the office of keeping and showing the monuments, the Dean and Chapter possess the fullest and most - irresistibl e evidence. This office was formerlyconferred by patent ; before the time of the Commonwealth it was granted for life ; after the Resto ration the Dean and Chapter formed the determination of conferring it only during their pleasure ; and, under this restriction, the office seems to have been given to various persons in succession until the close of the se venteenth century; when (in 1697? the keeping of the monuments, and the receipts of the . profits to be derived• from shewing them, were assigned to the members of the choir, in whom they have remained from that period down to the present time. It is further mentioned; that the public have a right to enter the Abbey a t a ll times, free of All charges, to view monuments erected at the expellee of the Trea sury. This is a singular argument ; for the liberty of erecting these monuments the public paid nothing ; the Dean and Chapter granted it without a fee. Now, the public turn round upon -them and . say—" You made us a present of the space now occupied bypublic monuments, which you might hav e di s p ose d o f f or large spins to private individuals ; a but having re ceived this much fr - om your indulgence, we will exact more from your weakness; you shall repair and clean these monuments at your own cost ; you shall employ and pay people to guard and preserve them, and we will still compel you to permit us to view them without offeringyou any compensati on f or th e b ur d en and expence which we bring upon you." Th e ma j or i t y of the thinking part of the nation is much too ho nourable and just to sanction for o 'moment an argu ment so monstrous. It is made a ground of complaint against this body, that they do not make the members of the choir such an allowance Out of their own reve nue as their charter and statutes require. Even ad mitting the fact to be as i t i s h ere state d, t hi s i s a ques tion which exclusively concerns the parties themselves; the public have nothing whatever to do with it ; if the members of the ch o i r hive ground to be dissatisfied, either with the amount or the mode of their remune ration, the way to obtain redress is open to them.— But the assertion that the Dean and Chapter make no allowance to this body is a palpable delusion. They distribute among them about 1,500/. per annum ; be ing the average amount of the collections made at the door of the Abbey. They might, if they thought proper, put the money thus received into their com mon c hest, and pay afterwards to the members of the choir stated stipends. The fees paid at the door of the Abbey, thus constitute merely a compensation for the expense incurred by the Dean and Chapter in cleaning the Church an d preservi ng th e monuments , together with a liberal remuneration for the loss which the Dean and Chapter. had sustained in the appro priation of a large portion of the Abbey walls to the erection of public monuments. SILK TItAD-ET (Prom the lifaccksfirld Herald We are happy to hear that the Deputations sept by the Silk Trade of this town and Manchester, have obtained some very bene ficial arrtuigements in the Bill now passing for the regulation of Duties on Foreign Thrown Silk and Silk manufactures. Broad goods of the lengths only betwixt 60 and 66 yards, hav ing a ferule or bar woven into each end, are to be admitted. This regulation, though strenuously opposed by the retail trade of Lon don, is nothing but reasonable, as this country would otherwise have been inundated with all the odd lengths and old stock of foreign countries. East India Bandanna are to be admitted by an ad valorem duty of SO per cent. until January the sth, 1827, and afterwards by the following scale :..—Piecea of 6 yards end under, 6e. per piece -7 yard, 7a.—and for every yard above, 11. This will include Rowels, Pullicats, and China handkerchiek—The Excise-duty on printing is to cease from the sth of April last, with a remission of duty on soap and dye-stuffs used in - the manu facture. The clearing away this incumbrance as .it Are, instanter, i s obviously a very judicious step. According to the origi nal Bill, the duties on fbreign thrown organzine Tram and and gingles, were respectively to be ss. Ss. and 2.. until July, 1828 ; and afterwards to be reduced to 41. 2s. 64. and Is. 64. This was evidently an unequal division of the protection to be afforded ; for whilst the manufacturers• possessed pro tection 'for three yeare, or the expiration of the Act, a pm spective legislative measure hung over the throwster, and would in a very short time have been felt most severely, as pro spective alterations are often more-injurious than immediate re ductions, if possible. These prospective clause are to be left out of the Bill, and it is upon this most important concession that we congratulate the throwstering interests of this and the adjacent tlwris; for whatever may be the issue of the approaching conflict betwixt the rival manufacturers, the throweter has now the as surance that his fate is bound up with that of the manufacturer, and whenever the future question of the state of the Silk Trade comes to be agitated, the throwster's degree of prosperity will be taken into consideration along with that of the manufacturer.— During the diecussion of this subject, it was distinctly intimated by his Majesty's Government, that it was far from their intention to crush the throwstering branch, but to aflOrd to it every pro te.ction in , its power. The gentlemen who have been engaged in these deputations, ritmk in the strongest terms of gratitude of the great personal at tention and exertions afforded them by our two highly respected Country Kenhers, Davies Davenport' and Wilbraham Egerton, Eaq uires. We have the pleasure to announce- a most effectual mode of Relief to the Silk Trade. It has been intimated to some of our manufacturers to be the intention of several Gentle Men who will be candidates at the. ensu i ng e i ed ion, to give each of their friends a silk handkerchief of their favourite colour. This to the elector would he a useful gift, and to the distrested artisan, a most accept; able and substantial means of participation' in the good things dia. triblited by a gener a l ele c tion. It scarcely necessary to add, that if this proceeding should become general,- it would give active employment to thousands,' and' Do titaaidibuldlniont by gentlemen in giving orders to their IllerCOM LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY la CRIMINAL INPORMAYION. Mr. BROUGHAM opposed a rule callilfg on the Publishers of the _English Gentleman Newspaper to show cause why,a criminal information should not be sled against them for an alleged libel on. Mr. Rothschild. - The objectionable article imputed to Mr. Rothschild the withdrawing of a large sum of money from certain Bankers during the panic. The statement was wholly without foundation. The Count' after hearing the arguments of Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. HoLT, enlarged the rule with respect to two of the de fendants, and made it absolute against the supposed author of the libel. TUE MAYOR. OP TRICOONY. The COURT was moved to enlarge a rule for an attachment against the Mayor of Tregony for not obeying a peremptory man damus. The mandamus was obtained by Mr. ScArmErr, in consequence of some irregularity at an election in the Borough of Tregony. The Gentleman to whom it was directed kept away from the Borough after notice had been served at his house, and the rule for an attachment was obtained. The COURT were of opinion that that there was not sufficient ground to enlarge the rule, and therefore it was made absolute. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE went to the House of Lords at one o'clock. SECONDARIES' OFFICE. kUItIOUS DRIVING.--DUBOIS V. CIODILFROY. This was an action brought by Stephen Dubois, a poor silk weaver, residing in Pelham-street, Spitalfields, against Mr. God& froy, a skein silk dyer, living in the same neighbourhood, to re cover compensation for an injury inflicted by the defendant on the plaintiff's child (J. Dubois) by driving his gig over his body ; as also compensation for the loss of plaintiff's wife's services during the period she was attending on ber child; and further, for the amount of the expencas of medical attendance during the period of the child's illness. It appeared in evidence, that Mr. Peter Godefroy is a wealthy skein silk dyer, residing in Pelham-street, and that on the 29th of July last, about half-past six o'clock in the afternoon, as James Dubois, one of the plaintiff's children, was playing near his • father's door, in Pelham -street, where they reside, on the curb stone of the pavement, the defendant (Mr. Godefroy) drove his chaise or gig, drawn by a very res tive horse, at a furious rate down the street. The wheel of the gig passed over the body of the child, who, from the rapidity with which it came, was quite unable to avoid it. The child was very seriously hurt, and it was necessary to call in the assistance of a medical man, under whose hands the child remained for a considerable time. The doctor's bill was paid by the plaintiff. It appealed also that the plaintiff's wife, whose industry contri buted to support her large and infant family, was, from her fright, anxiety, and attendance at the bed of her child, unable to attend to her loom for three weeks. Her husband and family lost the be nefit of her services, which were worth 100. a week. A man of the name of Regan stated, that he was present when the gig passed over the body of the child. He said he saw the circumstance, and that it would have been impossible for even the most active person to avoid the gig, it was coming down at such an alarming rate. The child, after the accident, was brought into his apartment, and was bleeding from four different wounds in the head. He was also much injured about the body. Charles Paul, a weaver, was also present at this accident. He stopped the gig, and g ot from Mr. Godefroy his curd. Several other witnesses were called; who fully proved the case which was stated. The Secondary charged the Jury, who, after a few minutes' consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damaget 15/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—T. Hart (a boy), J. Gall, and P. God ' frey, were finally examined, the former charged with robbing hii master, Mr. Francomb, Leghorn and straw-hat-warehouseman, of Newgate- street, of property . to a large amount, and the two latter with inciting him thereto, and receiving the property. Mr. F. stated, that he had extracted all the particulars of the several transactions from Hart himself, who was willing to turn King's evidence. He was about to repeat the confession, when Mr. 'Humphreys, for the prisoner, objected that such a statement could not be heard, because it could not be received as evidence, and the objection was allowed. 'Mr. F. again pressed that Hart should be made a witness, as, otherwise, he could prove nothing against the others; and it would be shocking to suffer a gang to escape, who had sought an acquaintance with a tradesman's errand-boy, fur the purpose of seducing him to rub his master. The Alder man (Glyn), however, said t he had not the power to admit him , a witness; and the boy, not choosing to implicate his accomplices unconditionally, was committed for stealing a box of goods, worth ' 801. which he was to carry to an inn, but which he surrendered to one Cleghorn ; while Gobby and Godfrey wete discharged. BOW-STREET._John' Russell was charged with stealing a gold watch, a diamond pin, and other articled, in the house of Mr. Davies, a jeweller, in Southampton-street, Strand. On Wed nesday week last, the prisoner called at Mr. Davies's, and said he wanted a diamond pin made for him. Some patterns were shewn him, and he fixed upon one ; but, in the course of conversation, he said, as a medical student, he was in the habit of assisting at dissections, and he thought the shank of the pin might be inconvenient to him; a brooch ho said would probably suit him better. Mr. Davies said he was of the same opinion, and added, that in a few days he should have a better sortment of that article, and perhaps he would do him the favour to call' again. In this he readily- acquiesced, and yesterday seinnight be called again, selected a brooch and ' one or two other trifling articles, and - said he was liv ing with Mr. Flendy, a surgeon, in Waterloo-road, one of whose cards he produced, and perhaps Mr. Davies would be good enough to send his purchases there, and they would be in stantly paid for. As he was leaving the room, he seemed sud denly to recollect himself, and said he had almost forgotten that he should like to look at some patterns of mourning rings. Mr. Davies went to another part of the house to procure them, leav ing one of his daughters in the room with the prisoner. While . be was gone, the prisoner told Miss Davies it had just mitred to aim that he had a most particular engagement, that it was then past the hour of appointment, and that Mr. Davies could bring the patterns with Win when lie called with the other things ; he then left the house. Mr. Davies thought this sudden de parture rather singular, but suspected nothing wrong, and went to Mr. Hendy's house with his goods, where he learned that there was no such person living there, but that'a young man, exactly an swering the descriptiod as to person, had called there that morn ing to purchase some articles, and had taken away one of Mr. Hendy's cards. Mr. Davies hastened home, and then found that he had been robbed of a gold watch, and the other articles men tioned, which were lying on a glass-case close to where the pri soner stood, and no person except Mr. D.'s family had been in the room but the prisoner. Miss Davies bad observed him draw his hand hastily across the cue on her turning round to look at him. Mr. Davies repaired to several houses in the trade, and put them on their guard; and on Wednesday the prisoner went to a jeweller's in Clerkenwell with a similar story, and being desired to. call again in the evening, notice was given to Mr. Davies, and on the prisoner's second appearance he was apprehended. In defence he said he knew nothing of the transaction, and was remanded till Wednesday. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, TnusisvAir, MAT O. J. fleadford and J. Court, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol, at 1. .1. Riding, Derby, at the New Inn, Derby, at 10. T. W. Davies, Liverpool, at the George, Liverpool, at 11. R. R. Judd, Birmingham, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at 12. C. Sheen, Bath, at the Angel. Inn, Batb, at 12. J. Stokes, Bath, at the Angel Inn, Bath, at 11. N. Phillip, Haverfordw•est, at the Castle Inn, Haverfordweat, at 10. C. Dalliniore, Devizes, Wilts, at, the Angel Inn, Bath, at 10. J. Wheadoo, B a th, a t the Angel Inn, Bath, at 1. The means of communicating oetween tins port and Belfast have this season become most abundant, no less than five steam packets, for goods and passen gers, or the latter exclusively, being now on this line alone. One of those, the Si. Andrew, made her first voyage, on Wednesday. There is one peculiarity ab o U t this first v a e p ss p e l l ic , awtihoinch vdc aearennaowtaroemoiti;of a noticing, as i t i s t h e plan recom mended in our paper shortly after the disastrous loss of the Comet--namely, the adoption of water-tight bulk-beads, by means of which a coinplete separation is foiMed between any compartment. that may lie casually injured and tbe'rest of the vessel, .so that her buoyancy continues to be l'etained, and the possibility of such an aCeident EN that which' befetthe Comk averted.—(Greinbek Adtirtisera TURF IgTginaENCE EXTfIA. " I have heard of ridink wagers where horses have been MAI+ bier than the sands that run i' the clock's behall."—Sumrs. TATTERSALL'S, . MAT 1. A wiry crowded attendance during the whole of the AN ,rnoon but the settlement of th e b e t s on l ast week ' s Racing efferstiited the attention of all for a considerable time. When this lartir• rentable btbin.Ns was arranged, and very large Amu( bad ex• changed pockets, the betting commenced, but was far trip being heavy ; indeed, except at intervals, it was very languid. The odds on the Derby have settled themselves into a Shil s i which was not generally expected. The General was backed very freely ; and it is principally by those who stand very hea?y against him. The Moslem rose to be second favourite, but 'e not backed so a large amount ; Dervise and Advance sireilg looking up. Very little was done on the Oaks and St. 14g.r. DERBY. - 17 to 1 agst CharmingMo llj 20 to 1 a, s Monarch to 1 agst Donna 30 to 1 agst Truth (Powlett%) 33 to 1 agst Ape Hes 9 to 2 agst The General (tn) 11 to 2 agst The Moslem 13 to •2 agst Panic 12 to 1 agst Dervise 16 to 1 agst Advance (taken) I 17 to 1 agst Carthago 1,090, even, the field agst the first three—taken. OAKS. 7 to 4 agst Problem 7 to 1 agst Parapluie 10 to 1 agst Teara 10 to 1 agst Mignionette 12 to 1 apt ltaehael 300 sovs. to 25 ag•t The GI 750 SOVS. to 500 Itachal ST. L 7i to I agat Bed!mite 11 to I agst Crusader. I 6 to I agat Belzoni 113 to I Lgst Fanny_ Scrub Stakes, at Newmarket, agst th 14 to 1 agst Do.peep 15 to 1 agst Elizabeth 17 to I agst 13utterfly 18 to 1 agst Louisa 23 to 1 agst Gluttons eneral and PrOblera—taken. el agst Butterfly—taken. EGER. 20 to 1 agst The Dragon 20 to 1 agst Barataria 22: to I apt The General 33 to 1 agst Panic , next week.—Even on'Ooshawr to field. NEWMARKET SECONL SPRINts MEETING, l E 24 ' MONDAY', DIAY 8. Sweepstakes of 100 soy's. each—then 2 years °M.—First half A Lord Anson's c by b raceMagist 111 r. Gresille's c by Alanfred Duke of Grafton's f by Partisan, • Sweepstat,es of 100 sovs each, It ft. D. M. Lord Exeter's c by Whalebone. Lord Anson's ch by Aladdin Mr. Greville's c by . Whalebone Handicap of 10 soya each for 3 year olds —A. F. Matches , ' , Lord Anson's fby Bustard agst Duke of (rafton's fby Vt . ' fu), Bst 41b each. T.Y.C. 100 h fr. Duke of Oration's Rutus, Bst 7lb agst Lord Orford's Fleance , (Ist L. M. 200. Mr. Udny's Tarandus agst Lord Exeter's Redgauntlet, tlg 4lb each. T. VC. 100. Mr. Wcrtley's Crusader rec 90 son from :,ord Orford'; Guess-quick, fist 61b each. R.M. 200. T U E SDAY4 Fifty SOYA for 3 year olds. R.M. - Sweepstakes of 10 soya each fbr 3 year olds, 7st 71b, 4 yet, Bst 91b. T. Y. C. Handicap of 10 sots each, for 3 year olds and up wards. T. v. c. WY. Handicap Plate o f LO I,OV:•.EDN b engi einthe third of the dues Ye 2 r olds and upwards. A. F. Sweepstakes of 10 nova. each, for three year aids. T.lr--C;, The Scrub Stakes f or co l ts and fillies, not named in the Dor , "7 , Oaks, or Riddlesworth. D. 31. Mr. Rogers's b c Georgian, by Salm Duke of Grafton's Goshawk • Gudclartt's c by Smolensko Mr. Smith's c by Cannon Mil !Jr. Poynt's c by Octavius, mars Lord G. H. Cavendish's c by Partisan Mr. Wortley'a c The Dragon Mike of Portland's c by Tiresias Colonel ‘Vilson's ch c by Abjer Lord Jersey's c by Phantom Mr. Wilson's c by Filho Mr. Theskstun's bc by Waterloo - Match 100 sous. T. Y,C. D, A lai; din u B lc bt e . of Grafton% Pigmy,. 9st agst Lord Anion ' s e' cof , TH tIRSDAY. The Jockey Club Plate of ZlOl. to be run for by bones belonging lustrious personage on Thursday to 111 embers of the J. C. for 4t_yr olds and upwards. 13. ( .;• - otti. for 3yr olds and upWards. T. AA Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, for 2yr olds. . , His IL H. the 1). of York.—A report of the death of this II- Huntingdon from the following circumstance :—An Individual on the Race-course observed, in the cant phraseology of the, turf, that his ltoynl Highness was dead beat; and some one o_ the word the thousand tongues of Rumour, having Caught up dead, extended it from thesteed the person of the Heir ..kp to parent, and thereby occasionedthe above report. y ______,................ evening last, prevailed ii! "N EXCHANGE, MAY I. The suppl week has, it. will be seen from our list of inwortations beneittnr, been tolerably laige for he he'ason ; and we had a good sr- - rival of Wheat this mortfini!,' front Essx, Kent, And SlitNik ', y of Wheat and Flour coastways during the lag. Hence the trade, on the whole, was thepriniemt parcels wero disposed of on litanly the saul r e e rsti on j t l its this day se'nr:ght, the mititilb , and ordinary KO a- tr oy/ Is. to 2s. per quarter.cheaper. 'The malting season being,,t 2i.. nearly at a close, Barley is in hat little request, and we c''' a , dull; der it full Is. per quarter lower tin. the finer sorts, thong?lgC la ite ing, qualities maintain our lust quotation. Beans obaln ' l 9 as good prices ';, and in l'eas of both sorts there is n o ,variaoc ll worth ninice. We have, bad an abundant arriyal. of Oiti.dl; ing the last week,both from our own coast and Ireland,uPtu rt ; t, of 30,040 quarters, and the trade is, in consequence, dim! and though a fa o f a decline 01 about Is. per quarter. Flour is to longer saleable above s'os. per sat k. ARRIVALS 0: English li'heat 8,1170 Qri. Barley 6,09 4,141 -- Oats 21,224 'jean* 1,289 F LAST WEFK.• English po, ls e ....-- Qt9e Irish Oats ' 94/1 Foreign Barley —____: Oats 8 , 1)29 .._' L English. Flour 11,323 SOW' !CES. Beans, Small (new) els 4 0 ,-,-,„„...._. (old) .• —.9 --;$ ---- Ti..c new) 369 4,4 --- ":7" ---- WO 31)4 , 43 0 ------ - Iliirrow (new) --s --. --------- (old) s --' Brank . . 340 40 ()art, Feed 23120 -- -Elsie 2 . 56 '2os ..--- Poland 241 di -------Fine 2lis 2ts -- Potatoe 28,30 ---- Fine 36s a? ---. Scotch • -. 20 1 V / Flour (per sack).. sthi 6 i' s -- Seconds ISS 56d. North Country 4f6 9"" Bran Ili Ir! rheat, Red (old) —s IVI)i te (old) —s —s Red (1825) 50s 58 8 Fine 1103 543 Superfine —s —s (1825)-548 008 -- Fine 1;48 8118 --- Superfine 66s 70s Rye (new) 32s 363 Barley 26s 30s —.Fine (new) 3ls 33s ---Superrine --s --s Malt sos hes —Fine 60; 02A Peas Grey (new) 37s :Pis Maple (new) 384 40s —White new 365 4Ote —Boilers ........... 42s 4451 COA. iliA it I( ET, MAY 1. Adair's, 30s rod—Beaumont, 2tls—Charlotte, 3(11-1:1014°' Moor, 281-11enton, :!3s (M. 31i 9d-11oly well, .00 It Howard, 295--Killingworti...324 21 0 g Ord's Ittdhugh, 27s—Iselaw, 31s— Ponlop1Vindsor, 211 . 1, 1 "` 6,1 Tantield Moor, 31s tld— ' Townley , 303 6d—ll'illingion,";'is --%trylam, 31s—lValls h;nd Ilewirlte and Co. 35s End Brown's, 31s fld—Xl'alls End Ilurratoo, 32s—U7sloy'r t Green's, 284 gd-IValls End Hil da, 20s 3LI-11 - iIJ4 End t r i ° llc l spur, 318 tbl-IVsEs End N ewmorch 334 31i—Walitif'djL Northumberland, 31111—.AVeillS End p,-,, 3ret h, 31 4 3d— n . _#l 34s 9w End Riddeirg, 'Wall s End ltusrelrg• UMW . • • On Saturday last, m the house of herrnother, Mrs. Tre l a w ? l Brereton, in Bolton 4treet, Plersdilly , the Vi4ectuntess n tompes, of o'daught t r. At 'trust:els, on the 21,t nit., the Lady of Lieutt.nant-(lg ral Hood, of o son. April 8, at hig Rritann I aj..t - S4 house, at 1414 i; ples, Sir ( 10: , i' - `iptain of his liajfltl .l % . % Revenge, to Lonitqt;' , o,cnntt t'a-ozhter of :qr I.tothing. -- ? Batt. his - Britannic C ai at Nhpla• April 29. at Kingston t buret), by the . 1 ,1,7. P. U. Ueutenant E. T. 1;i11. N., to Mrs. Hoffers. relict of or he I tte Lieutenant Jame; It- a nd thi r d dsui.Titter Wm. (Iray, rteot., of Ports -,:e. April 24, at liingston, ;)); the !ler. R. li. IWO', Charles I l th. - keet, ti) iott:igest daughter attic,* tt Rev. Isaac Twycrot.s, 11. It. • e' On the 27th ,at liridpl r t, the Rev. Daniel NantV:„ Ro o f tor of Powtterhum, to 31.iry, tlsughter.of tip:dint. -Eel" Britlpart. w ont, ° April2R, in flareoart-‘trret, the 'lon. - c od brother to the Etrri or Ice)lm at o, to Anne frstniew, 5 daughter of the /ate T. St..--tive Esq. - April 23. at Edinburg ll, t r) lto il if l ,:t . t. Fred. For , bei. this: ;;: s f Lord F F orbe,, orC ast l e ortR.A, At Ca'cut: 3 , on the lz,t or .7;:Duary last, I.;eutetuel r ,„ 314xitniIinn Elli ott, lete•orbis ArajetrtyN'Aitit 1,ight`0 1 .10! ) ; atn of the Hight 'Jon. Hugh Ellio4t. re7l WI and Pulkabed by 31. MING, at On SVC' (Ni 04 n2 - , - Strand;